General Staff says decision to pull back from town follows intense fighting against Russian troops with significant manpower advantage - Anadolu Ajansı

Ukraine's military says its troops have pulled out of a key defense stronghold in the country's eastern region of Donetsk, where heavy fighting against Russian troops continues.

The Russian invading army has completed its occupation of the city of 10,000 inhabitants, which had held out for three and a half years. The eastern flank of the last conurbation in the Donbas that is still under Ukrainian control now seems exposed.

Ukraine faces a fresh battlefield setback as President Volodymyr Zelensky hails progress in U.S.-led peace talks. After nearly 12 days of intense fighting, Kyiv’s forces have withdrawn from the key Donetsk town of Siversk,

Ukrainian troops have withdrawn from Siversk, Donetsk Oblast, the General Staff announced on Dec. 23. Fighting continues in the area around Siversk, but Ukrainian soldiers withdrawn from the settlement,

Ukrainian military admitted that the situation in the village of Serebryanka, located northeast of Siversk in Donetsk Oblast, remains extremely difficult. Read also: Ukraine holds Serebrianka positions despite difficult conditions Units of the 81st Airmobile Brigade continue to hold their positions,